178 A COMPENDIUM OF 
lanceolate and oblong leaves, of a dull green 
color; odor, when fresh, tea-like; taste nauseous 
and bitter. They contain resin, tannin, muct- 
lage, pectin and extractive matter; also znosit, 
digitalin, digitalein, digitoleicacidand digitorine, 
which is a glucoside. The leaves of the digi- 
talis are sedative, diuretic and narcotic in their 
effects, and poisonous in overdoses, The flow- 
ers occur in racemes, are purple in color, with 
four stamens and double (twined) calyx, five- 
toothed; the corolla resembles the finger of a 
glove; seeds small and of a pale-brown color. 
The leaves are given in form of powder, infu- 
sion and extract; dose, 1 to 2 grains; of the 
tincture, from 5 to15 drops. The adstract ex- 
tract, fluid extract, infusion and tincture are all 
officinal. Digitalin occurs as an amorphous yel- 
low powder, but capable of crystallization. Dig- 
italin is said to be a mixture of several com- 
pounds See Dispensatory. Dose, from 1 to 5 
milligrams (445 yyy grain), Very uncertain 
in its action and very poisonous The term 
Foxglove is said to be a corruption of Foxe's 
glew, or Foxe’s music in allusion to a musical 
instrument having bells attached, and the name 
Digitalis from the resemblance the flower has to 
the finger of a glove. 
Erythroxylon, Coca, Erythroxylon Coca.— 
Natural order Erythroxylacex. This small 
shrub attains a height of several feet, and isa 
native of the mountain regions of South Amer- 
ica, but is now cultivated as an article of com- 
merce. The shrub is adorned with obovate 
oblong or oval leaves; entire on very short 
petioles and obtuse at the apex ; the midrib is 
